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'Fruits of a Feather' is a small Pay What You Want unconventional exploration game where you play as a bird

By -Daniel-Palacio-, 1 Mar 2017

'Fruits of a Feather' is a short mini-game which has been out there for a while, whose general concept and gameplay intend to provide a relaxing experience as a main priority, so you should expect a pretty unconventional and minimalistic title.

Signs of Life, a sci-fi survival sandbox platformer officially adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 13 Feb 2017

The developers of Signs of Life switched from XNA to MonoGame a few months ago and now the Linux build has been promoted to an officially supported platform.

Parkitect alpha 10 released, featuring improved water, ride budgets and much more

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2017

Parkitect is one of those Early Access games that sits firmly at the top of my list to keep an eye on. It's really fun already and every alpha is a big boost for it.

Block’hood, the upwards focused neighbourhood-building simulator is now on GOG

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2017

If you have been missing out on another building game, never fear, GOG is near! Block’hood is now available on GOG.

Hearthlands, the cute city builder has a final release and it's great

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2017

Hearthlands is a game I've been following for a long time and now this city builder has finally released.

FortressCraft Evolved has a massive update with a better tutorial and a fresh new look for the worlds

By Liam Dawe, 31 Jan 2017

FortressCraft Evolved is a game I often overlook, but perhaps not for much longer. It has a truly massive update with a much better tutorial and a very slick new look for the surface of worlds.

Avorion, a procedural co-op space sandbox is now on Linux and it looks awesome

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2017

Avorion promises to give you a big open galaxy to explore fight, trade and construct spaceships in. They claim to remove a lot of micro-management which has me excited and it looks really slick.

Minecraft's new launcher is now available on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 18 Jan 2017

That's right, post-Microsoft purchase Minecraft is still seeing great support for Linux. Their shiny new launcher is now available.

Eco - Global Survival Game, an incredibly interesting looking game that's already on Linux

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2017

I was pointed towards 'Eco - Global Survival Game' thanks to a GOL follower and after looking it up, I decided to check it out a little more closely.

Retro-Pixel Castles updated again and will get a new name

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2017

Retro-Pixel Castles, the excellent Early Access village building sim has been updated and it's getting a new name.

StarMade, the spaceship building sandbox has updated graphics

By Liam Dawe, 3 Jan 2017

The StarMade developers have been busy as the game now has updated ship textures to make the game look much nicer.

ARK: Survival Evolved plans to use Vulkan for Linux this year

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jan 2017

After another Linux site listed ARK in their top games list, the ARK Twitter account tweeted out publicly to let everyone know that ARK: Survival Evolved will move to Vulkan for Linux.

Raft, a rather brilliant prototype game about being stuck in the middle of the ocean

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jan 2017

I came across Raft thanks to games store itch and it’s a brilliant prototype I hope to see developed further!

Project Zomboid has a new major stable build available

By Liam Dawe, 30 Dec 2016

Zombie apocalypse be damned, Project Zomboid has a new major stable version available and it's quite a massive update.

RimWorld alpha 16 'Wanderlust' is a massive update

By Liam Dawe, 26 Dec 2016

RimWorld, the colony building simulator has a massive alpha 16 update named 'Wanderlust' and it's truly huge.

Some thoughts on 'Planet Explorers' now it's out of Early Access

By Liam Dawe, 14 Dec 2016

Planet Explorers, the open world sandbox adventure RPG has finally left Early Access. The developer accepted my request for a key so I could take a look.

A major update is coming to Starbound, featuring challenging procedural dungeons

By Liam Dawe, 13 Dec 2016

Starbound is going to get a major content update soon, which will feature a bunch of awesome new features.

Parkitect, the rather excellent theme park builder has a new alpha available

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2016

Parkitect is a really damn cute theme park building game currently in Early Access, the developers have recently release another content update.

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Astroneer, the excellent looking space adventure game will come to Linux

By Liam Dawe, 10 Dec 2016

You may not remember Astroneer, as I covered it late last year as a possible game coming to Linux. The developers have since been back in contact with me to confirm a Linux version is coming.